What happens if the fight you've chosen does not matter? That things will continue to be the same. Would you give up everything? Would you run? Steinbeck's novel makes us decide which side of the line we stand on and how far we'd go.

While I was at Carnegie Mellon University recruiting, I went to their art gallery. The most interesting exhibit was one by John Pena. He sent a letter a day to the ocean. Most of the letters were returned because The Ocean doesn't have a real address. Here's the web page for it.